I've been looking for something like this--podcast discovery is severely lacking right now(or I don't know where to look!). Excited to try this out--thanks!
I'll be sure to get to send you some feedback once I've used it for a while. :)
Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
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Re: Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
#42What about adding additional tags or attributes so we can filter by length of time, date published (vs date submitted to your site), publisher (npr, radiotopia, etc), guests (i.e., i liked this guest on Marc Maron's podcast, where else can I find him?), or sub-genre (i like true crime podcasts and sometimes I get that on Criminal, sometimes I get that on This American Life)
good suggestions, I'll think about implementing some of these!
Re: Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
#43I love that it's by episode and not the entire show.
While I don't know that I'd be a regular user or start discussions (I usually listen to episodes weeks after they come out), it's a cool tool for episode discovery.
Re: Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
#44Nice project but hacker news is far more than just upvoting and commenting on items. Its the community here that makes it different.
I agree. There are a lot of thing that are important, it's not only a simple UI.
On important part is the moderation to keep the discussion civil and measures against spam and voting rings. This is invisible and sometimes difficult to spot, most people just notice only the good quality of the discussion.
Another important point is the community. It's important to attract and keep a good and wide community. For most topics, you'll find here one or two experts that can comment to counter balance the hype of the article and answer the unclear details. Sometimes the comments are better than the article.
Re: Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
#45Very cool idea. I often struggle to think of a podcast when I really need one.
One of the challenges here is that, apparently, podcasts don't have very descriptive names. Maybe it's because HN has the same regular topics floating through, but I feel like I get a lot more of a preview from titles on HN than I do by things like...
"The Archers"
"Hello Internet #60: The Beautiful Game"
"Harmontown"
I suppose there's an expectation that podcasts don't need explanatory names because, well, they're not always about a specific thing and because they're expecting regular listeners to tune in. Perhaps find a way to automatically include the description of the podcast itself and/or encourage users to do the same manually?
Re: Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
#46Great idea! What about allowing us to login with our existing HN accounts or perhaps Google accounts, etc. in addition to creating a new account?
Re: Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
#47Very cool idea. I often struggle to think of a podcast when I really need one. One of the challenges here is that, apparently, podcasts don't have very descriptive names. Maybe it's because HN has the same regular topics floating through, but I feel like I get a lot more of a preview from titles on HN than I do by things like... "The Archers" "Hello Internet #60: The Beautiful Game" "Harmontown" I suppose there's an…
the description(if added) is now only shown on the detail / show page with the comments. I agree it could be added to the index page as well. Thanks!
Re: Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
#48This is neat idea, killer feature would be RSS for all sections, so we can subscribe to it in podcast app. Wow. Meta podcast, user aggregated.
Re: Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
#49I'm half-joking, but I could use a "not just two guys joking around" tag. There's so many podcasts out there where I check them out because the topic sounds interesting but most of the episode time is given to 'two guys joking around'.
Re: Show HN: I made a Hacker News for podcasts
#50I'm half-joking, but I could use a "not just two guys joking around" tag. There's so many podcasts out there where I check them out because the topic sounds interesting but most of the episode time is given to 'two guys joking around'.
100% agree. And not just "the two guys joking around tag" but the "we recorded this in one take and then published straight from garage band." That would be a significant improvement over the podcasts discovery tools inside of every podcasting app.
That make it a lot easier for any of the new shows coming out that are trying to be like a Radiotopia or Gimlet style show, to be discovered.